Dr Sylvia Schroer

Sylvia is a qualified craniosacral therapist and Chinese medicine
practitioner (acupuncture and herbs). She also has four years experience
working as a research scientist in the University of York's Health
Sciences Department.

Craniosacral therapy had a profound effect on Sylvia's health, when a
painful condition, from an impinged nerve in the neck was greatly
helped and she was motivated to study it.

Sylvia's involvement with Chinese medicine began more than 20 years
ago. Prior to this she studied psychology at University College London,
and subsequently went on to co-facilitate an NHS psychotherapy group.
Following an initial training in Five Element acupuncture in 1992 at the
College of Traditional Acupuncture she studied in the UK (with John and
Angie Hicks), China, Vietnam, Europe and Japan. Sylvia is qualified in
Chinese herbal medicine (Kanpo) and was one of the first UK
practitioners to train in Toyohari acupuncture with Stephen Birch and
Junko Ida, qualifying in 2001. She does Traditional Chinese acupuncture in the UK and China and is additionally trained in Japanese styles of practice.

Sylvia moved to York in 2003, having completed an MSc in
Complementary Therapy Studies at the University of Westminster, and
received funding from the National Institute of Health Research to
undertake a PhD investigating acupuncture for depression. Her research
was used to develop a major clinical trial comparing acupuncture with
counseling and she has published a number of articles in academic
journals. Sylvia is also a trained Samaritan.

Most recently Sylvia has become interested in the field of Animal Communication, and completed a course with Anna Breytenbach.